Looking Beyond Plastic Mulch Film
Replacing Plastic Mulch Film (PMF) poses a significant challenge due to its low cost and immediate benefits. However, as ...
Progress on plastics: Plastics recycling and alternatives to plastic mulch
Vegetable and melon farms generate a range of plastic waste. While some products such as chemical containers and irrigation ...
Replacing plastic mulch: Cover crops for weed suppression and soil health
Working with the Soil Wealth ICP team, vegetable grower Kim Ngov has been trialling cover crops as a replacement ...
Trials underway at the Mildura demonstration site
Addressing industry concerns about reducing plastic and embracing sustainable practices, the first trial at the melon demonstration site in Mildura ...
NSW’s Riverina to host second melon demo site
Rombola Family Farms in Griffith, New South Wales, has become the second melon demonstration site for the Soil Wealth ICP ...
Mildura makes way for melon demo site
The Soil Wealth ICP team has started to set up the first melon demonstration site for the project, hosted by ...
Tackling the tough issue of on-farm waste
Vegetable and melon growers know that managing on-farm waste – whether it's organic, plastic or workshop waste – is ...
Soil Wealth ICP demo site growers share innovations at 2022 Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar
The Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar, held ahead of Hort Connections 2022 in Brisbane, attracted a room full of ...
An update from our Sydney Basin demonstration site
At our Sydney Basin demonstration site in Wedderburn, grower Kim Ngov has transitioned from a successful inter-row ryegrass program to ...
The regenerative agriculture approach at Kalfresh
After 30 years of growing vegetables in southern Queensland, Rob Hinrichsen is well placed to assess the impact of ...
Biochar – What is its potential for vegetable production?
Biochar is a solid charcoal-like material which is made by heating organic materials (biomass) in a low oxygen environment, through ...
Cover crops for weed control and single-use plastic elimination
Grower Kim Ngov has sown another cover crop trial on his intense vegetable farm near the southwest outskirts of ...